Child Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children.

— Alain de Botton

“Good parenting is about being confident that you have a far higher calling than to just be a friend or dish out punishment. It…

— Andy Kerckhoff

I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.

— Joan Didion

“No child ever became ‘good’ by being told that she or he was bad or by beating her/him.”

— Maddy Malhotra

Being a good parent means you take the good moments and cherish them and try to make even better moments turn into even better…

— Frederica Ehimen

Something you consider bad may bring out your child's talents; something you consider good may stifle them.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

To be a good enough parent one must be able to feel secure in one's parenthood, and one's relation to one's child...The security of…

— Bruno Bettelheim

I think being a good parent means that every day is a different challenge. It's about mindfulness and trying to be present. I think…

— Matt Ross

Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

— Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not…

— Bret Easton Ellis

Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child…

— Ann Douglas

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

— Terry McMillan